Note: This list may not always be up-to-date, the
latest months may still have to added to it. Sorry for
the delay!
Video above features samples from
the first 2 Slapstick packs (26 and 27). Important
note: even if some packs include mapping for
a specific sampler or app, this is in no way general and
the packs are essentially a collection of one-shot wav
files!
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February 2023 The Undefined Piano Project - Part 1
56 samples (36.4 MB) from an out-of-tune
battered down upright piano. NOT a
multi-sampled or extensive piano
library. There are a few single notes, 2
or 3 phrases, some plucked and scraped
sequences and noise samples. I will
mutate these samples to create new
reward packs in the next months.
In this video, 5 samples
are loaded in AUM file player. A few
external FXs are used, most noticeably
elf-audio Koala FX, Elliott Garage
Formante and Eventide QVox.
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Pack 26, March 2023 The Slapstick Pack - Part 1
115 samples (21.4 MB) from a classic
slapstick 1949 short!
Many of the samples can be further cut
into shorter hits and noises. They are
grouped in 3 folders:
- FX: foleys
- Hybrids: foleys combined with voices
- Speech Male: voices and vocal sound
effects
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Pack 27, April 2023 The Slapstick Pack - Part 2
69 samples (20 MB) from the same classic
slapstick 1949 short as Pack 26!
There's an extra folder named "Slapstick
Kit". It contains a selection of
short and trimmed versions of samples
from both packs 26 and 27 for use in
drumkits.
Kits in various formats are available to
all as demos. FAC Drumkit, Native
Instruments Battery and Logic Drum
Machine Designer have been released so
far.
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Pack 28, May 2023 The Undefined Piano Project - Part 2
45 mutated sample (28.3 MB) derived from
the 35 original ones of the first part
(pack 25).
The names are edited to reflect the
transformation that was made. Most have
more noise reduction, as in the first
part, I wanted to keep more of the
original noise. Many are pitched down,
usually by 12 or 24 semitones, some are
stretched or sped up. Some have specific
frequencies modified by spectral
editing.
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Pack 29, June 2023 The Second Slapstick Pack - Part 1
56 samples (34 MB) from a classic
slapstick 1936 short!
Many of the samples can be further cut
into shorter hits and noises. They are
grouped in 4 folders:
- FX: foleys
- Hybrids: foleys combined with voices
- Speech Female : all the samples
containing a female voice are here, even
when the's also a man talking
- Speech Male: voices and vocal sound
effects
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Pack 30, July 2023 The Second Slapstick Pack - Part 2
76 samples (32 MB) from a classic
slapstick 1936 short!
Many of the samples can be further cut
into shorter hits and noises. They are
grouped in 4 folders:
- FX: foleys
- Hybrids: foleys combined with voices
- Speech Female : female voice
- Speech Male: voices and vocal sound
effects
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Pack 31, August 2023 Bicycle Bells
4 summery bicycle bells. It contains 71
samples (40.8 MB) in two folders.
The first one named "natural" contains
the original 44 samples. For the sounds
with "mute" or "rattle" in their name, I
was touching a bit the bell to prevent
it from ringing fully.
The second one, named "transformed",
features 27 pitched down and stretched
samples. Some are heavily processed to
create extreme sonic textures. They are
examples I made to encourage you to
further experiment.
Listen to the
Bicycle Bells experimental
video, also features sounds from The
Second Slapstick pack (29 - 30) and The
Undefined Piano Project Part 2 (pack
28).
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Pack 32, September 2023 Bicycle Horns
I sampled 3 different kids bicycle
horns. The blue and orange ones are in
plastic, the silver one is metallic
(probably tin). For the samples named
horn_duo, I was squeezing both the
orange and blue ones simultaneously.
There are 112 samples (21.8 MB) in two
folders.
The first one named "natural" contains
the original 90 samples.
The second one, named "transformed",
features 22 pitched down and stretched
samples. Some are heavily processed to
create extreme sonic textures. They are
examples I made to encourage you to
further experiment. In this folder there
are 9 different versions of the
"horn_blue_05" sample, some additionally
have been rendered to stereo with a
stereo delay. The two named "impossible"
have different regions with different
settings.
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Pack 33, October 2023 Bass Melodion - First Taste
18 samples of the Suzuki Melodion
bass-24 (29 MB).
The samples are fun to slice, stretch
and pitch down. Two such examples are
included. Last 3 samples are those
featured in Sonic Vignette 75 - Hocus
Pocus (post on my Patreon Page).
This summer, I began to delve seriously
into melodicas. I like that they are
wind instruments that do not need
electricity. I am mostly
interested in creating unique and often
dissonant sonic textures that are
modulated with breath. They are a great
sound design tool. I’ve had toy
melodicas for years and I bought 3 more
serious ones this year. One of them is
the Suzuki Melodion bass-24. It has a
very deep and rich voice as can be heard
in the natural samples included.
The samples included here are an example
of the beginning of my sonic journey
with melodicas. I will certainly revisit
the melodicas to create more samples,
both natural and processed. Maybe even
make a soundfont.
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Pack 34, November 2023 Plastic Black Rotary Phone
35 samples (19.6 MB) from the rotary
phone. I recorded it a few years ago
along with 3 others, all never released.
I have been wanting to publish them for
years and I finally took the time to
release this first one.
I dialed and recorded each number from 1
to 0 individually. Also included are a
few sets of rings and various noises
(handling, picking up and hanging up the
phone).
Processing the samples (EQ, filters,
stretching, etc.) will add many
variations to the sounds.
I will add the recordings of the other
phones in 2024. I hope this will create
a small, but nice, library of rotary
phone sounds.
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Pack 35, December 2023 Frog Pound
Six stereo samples (110 MB) from a frog
pond. These are recordings of the whole
group of frogs, not individual frogs.
The sound is powerful, haunting and
mesmerizing!
Recorded in April 2016 with an Olympus
LS10 portable recorder. Never released
before.
Samples have been cleaned but I have
left some birds, cars and footsteps.
Samples are long and can be cut in
smaller bits to create unique patterns.
"Frogs_03a_traffic_footsteps" has 2
shorter stretched versions.
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Pack 36, January 2024 Only available to those who were
patrons in January 2024
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Pack 37, February 2024 African Harps
89 samples (31 MB) from two African
stringed instruments, each has 3
metallic strings. I suspect that both
are more decorative than musical and
likely more African inspired than
authentically African. They are harp
type instruments, each string plays the
same pitch, unlike a guitar. Of course,
this is when a string is plucked
cleanly. The samples include not only
clean plucks, but also noisy plucks and
other noises and sequences.
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Pack 38, March 2024 Excelsior Digisyzer Accordion
I decided to add accordions to my sonic
arsenal. I am far from being a great
accordion player, but I find it fun and
useful to create soundscapes and sonic
textures. Last February, I was very
lucky to find a vintage Excelsior
Digisyzer accordion at an affordable
price. It has a marvelous sound. I
sometimes record it while I am learning
and taming it.
The 20 one-shot samples (28 MB) in this
pack are extracted from one of these
recordings. It's not an extensive
multi-sampled pack. Not all the keys and
buttons have been sampled. There are a
few single notes, but I mainly extracted
ambiences that I find interesting from
my sessions.
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Pack 39, April 2024 Bicycle Safety
48 samples (35.2 MB) from a PSA film
about bicycle safety dating from 1950.
Most of the safety tips are still
relevant today, but the tone of the
video is very different of how it would
be done now!
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Pack 40, May 2024 Emulating Train Horns with Melodicas
Ever since I got my first melodica, I
noticed that it was possible to emulate
train horns (aka hornblasters) with it.
This is a collection of 106 one-shot
samples (43.3 MB) and not an extensive
multi-sampled pack. Not all the keys
have been sampled, only some of the
chords that reminds me of train horns.
Five different melodicas are featured. A
few short phrases are included too. I
have added 14 toy train whistle samples
too.
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Pack 41, June 2024 Samples from the first half of an
episode of the 1950's Robin Hood TV show
(now Public Domain). A poor woman is
accused of being a witch, but don't
worry, Robin will come to the rescue! 60
samples (44.3 MB)
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Pack 42, July 2024 Samples from the second part of the
Robin Hood episode above. 63 samples
(59.6 MB). All new samples and NOT part
of any other Memory Collection pack.
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Most have demo videos
on YouTube.
Simple audio collage of colourful sounds
from my packs 33, 34, and 35!